The 2010 Grammy Awards take place this evening, as the great and good of the American recording industry gather together to take part in what is arguably music’s biggest awards ceremony.
Some popular categories include:
Record of the Year
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.
Halo – Beyonce
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Caressa Cameron, who had been Miss Virginia, was crowned Miss America 2010 at the 2010 Miss America pageant.
The beauty competition winner, aged 22, was crowned at a ceremony in Las Vegas.
Ms Cameron will take home a $50,000 scholarship as first prize.
Miss America is one of the most popular beauty competitions in the United States, however, [...]
Roger Federer has defeated Britain’s Andy Murray in the Australian Open final at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, by three sets to love, 6-3 6-4 7-6 (13-11).
This was the fourth Australian Open Men’s Singles Title for the Swiss World Number One and top seed.
Federer brought his usual excellent game to the court, and hit 46 [...]
Serena Williams put on another dominant display to defend her Australian Open crown – her fifth in total – against Justine Henin of Belgium.
American Williams won the match 6-4 3-6 6-2.
Speaking after the match, Justine Henin said:
“I’d like to congratulate Serena, she is a real champion …
I’ll see you next year”
Serena Williams said:
“Congratulations to Justine [...]
Returning Belgian Justine Henin takes on defending Australian Open ladies Champion, and first seed, Serena Williams in the 2010 Australian Open Final at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne.
Williams has heavily strapped right thigh and left calf as she has throughout tournament. Henin looks visually fresher, and has had fewer scares en route to final.
Set One
Game [...]
American sisters, Venus and Serena Williams, have won their 11th Grand Slam doubles title today with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the Australian Open 2010 doubles final over Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
The pair, seeded second, overcame their top seeded opponents in just under one and a half hours.
Venus, 29, admitted after the match that [...]
Roger Federer, World Number One and top seed for the 2010 Australian Open produced a masterclass of tennis to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga by three sets to love.
Swiss Federer won his semi-final with the Frenchman 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
He produced the best tennis of this tournament in a scintillating three sets, which made Tsonga – in a [...]
Taleban bank accounts, assets and travel movements frozen by a UN Security Council resolution have been un-frozen after a meeting in New York.
A Security Council committee has removed five men, several organisations and bank accounts from the United Nations list of those subject to sanctions in connection with Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
The Security Council’s Al-Qaida [...]
Serena Williams has reached the Australian Open 2010 women’s final by defeating Li Na 7-6, 7-6 in a tense semi-final.
Despite needing two tie-breakers to win through, Williams was the more comfortable of the two players throughout this match, suffering none of the nervy moments of her quarter final.
Williams’ Chinese opponent was dogged, however, and saved [...]
Andy Murray produced some astonishing tennis today to turn around a one set deficit and take his Australian Open semi-final by three sets to one, beating Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
Murray made hard work of the first set, with Cilic looking like he might repeat his US Open victory over the Scot [...]
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